Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-02

counters OF the beads. wearfed and worn started
back In horror, seeing the bed-ridden, paralyzed
woman, dead TO all intents and purposes during
the night. SIT upright In bed without assistance.
and exclaim with her last voice regained "My
Godi What have done 10 deserve this.n Then.
calling 10 her diSmayed attendants for her clothes
she dressed herself unasSisted as n preparing Tor
long journey, and nom that day TO the date OF
her death, thirty years afterward, she never com
planned OF pain nor an ache, and died natural
death from old age. The event was national in
its day. Thousands fiocked TO the old brick-house
and examined ainu,ely us every hole and corner,
searching Tor evidences OF deception.
Marveiousi Miraculous, Call it what YOU will.
the incident Is living fact. AiIidayits from ali
concerned were collected and publ she'd In an ex-
haustfve treatise by Bishop England and the pres
OF the country was full OF the subject.
CASTLE IN SPAIN.
Still pursuing our way up nth street. "vou win
observe" as the perfpatetic guide says the Presi-
dents stables where Grant Kept his famous trot-
ters and for the speeding OF which at faster rate
than the law allows through the streets he was
fined by Justice Walter. The fine was maid As
John Randolph once paid his for assault and hat
terry on the man who kicked his dog IN happy sat-
fsfaction at run enjoyed Around and about these
stables forming square. sdeeded TO the Queen OF
Portugal at the close OF the last century IN expec
tation that her majesty would add 10 the beauties
OF the city by the erection OF a palace for her
American legation. The scheme proved a verita-
: ~. NAN eAo~AA 40 AuouiuSuCu
With palace still.
MARGARET L. RAroN-TRAGKDY AND FARCE
From Pennsylvania avenue you NAV see the
triangular reservation to the west, and back of IL
a long time ago stood the tavern OF william
o'NeaL He had daughter, Margaret, sprightly,
witty and pretty. She was easy hammered and
pquant; her conduct, II she lived Ina our day.
would cause her 10 he pronounced fast. she was
lightly spoken OF In those days but she was
famous, 20 70, famous that reports OF her conduct
ranean, at Port Mahon. he cut his throat 10 save
himself disgrace. The widow, still beautiful
witty and dev1ish, married Gen. Eaton, and Jack
son, being President, made Eaton his War Secre-
tary. Oficlal life engenders social relations
When the wives OF the Cabinet officers learned
that the naughty Mag: Eaton was TO mingle
among them, they gathered their skirts about
them and cried: "ForDid II. Heaven! Forbid IL,
Jackson!" The ladies OF the White House
openly rebeed and positively refused TO invite the
war minister's Wife TO their receptions The dlplo-
matte corps like Jerusalem's daughters, swept on
and besought to revoke the appointment. Make
Eaton foreign minister II he would, give him the
treasury In fee-smple, Kill him, do anything. but
portant the war minister's wife became may he
gathered from PartOnS declaration, that 1.-THE
subsequent history Of thirty years was written
hand was first laid upon Mrs. Eatons knocker -
jackson was obdurate TO appeals and threats. In
wouldn't Kill on sight the man who spoke lightly OF
Mag Eatons virtue, and IL his cabinet refused as
ISOLATION with her he would get another cabinet,
more yielding TO his wishes. HIS threat meant ex-
ecution. he shipped his own household back 10 Ten
nesSee and did dismiss his cabinet all but bachelor
marty" Van Buren,, whose Cancellation with Mrs
Eaton made him future president. OF the wife OF
one OF the retired cabinet officers, men used TO
initiate their Cheeks with their tongues.
wink their eyes, and shrug their shoulders
when they spoke, and it is notorious fact that il
the Saviour had met her on her flight and uttered
the Old reproach about the guiltless casting the
first stone, the thousands OF geological chunks
along the road would have lain idle Untouched by
her. Meanwhile Mrs. Eaton, 10y her beauty, grace
and wit made hosts OF male friends and an army OF
female enemies but all efforts TO f1Oat her on the
social sea proved Ruthless; neither her own clever
ness, her husbands position, nor thebully-ragg1ng
OF jackson could accomplish it: Finally the Pres
made Eaton minister to Spain, and the demoraza-
ton to society subsded with the departure OF The
Spanish court MIS- Eaton's WI" powers n' h Sne
full play; her social conquests there
were marches OF triumph. II is said that when
to Queen Mary she burst into tears and wrung her
hands, eXclaiming, "When die, the name of
Calais will be found engraven on my broken
sequent life, and the eproachrul glances that
leered at her from every side, Mrs. Eaton's only
pleasure pleasure was memory, the recollection OF her
rie1 with her to her grave. She survived her
husband and returned TO Washington with large
pointed out as noted Character Of the s't TOMAS
but bye-and-by, with a new generation, she was
forgotten, 10 spring again into prominence by
marrying an Italian dancing master, young enough
to have been her grandson. This foolish step made
her an object or ndicule the tOwn-Jalk, which
deepened into pathetic humor when few years
later her dancing maS:er husband robbed her and
eioped with her married granddaughter. Thus
the principal character In the drama became the
buf0On for farce She never recovered from the
shock, but died In reduced circumstances at an
humble boarding house on 9th street, In this city,
exclaiming with her last words: SHOW beautiful
this world is!" One marvels much at the powers
OF PompadOur, inducing the diSsOlute Louis TO
drive the Jesuits from France; but the butchers
daughter was cOurteZan after ali, while Mag.
Eaton, here In Washington shook the social
| fabric to the center, and drove a cabinet from
the councils OF the nation all to prove To the world
that the tavern-keeper's daughter was virtuous
woman.